Saturday, August 25, 2012

The #1 Myth About Ordering Your Wedding Cake


You've probably been told or have read that you should order your wedding cake 3-6 months in advance.
Can you say, "Sure I'm fine with my 3rd or 4th choice of wedding cake bakers."
It could happen if you follow that out-dated piece of philosophy.
You should look at booking the date of your wedding cake like choosing a nice reception site. Would you wait 3-6 months before your wedding and expect to reserve your first choice?

Let me elaborate on this a little further.
Prior to 2000-2005, the majority of wedding cakes in Omaha were sold by family operated bakeries or grocery store bakeries that had really good cake decorators. There were a few home bakers and small cake boutiques, but they were in the minority.
Contrast that with many of today's professional Omaha wedding cake bakers; they work from a one or two person boutique or from a state licensed home bakery, usually by themselves.
Sure, there are still your old fashion family run bakeries and select grocery stores that employ very talented wedding cake designers, but now they are in the minority.
Understanding this new dynamic explains why the 3-6 month rule is outdated. The home baker and cake boutiques typically don't have large walk-in coolers to store 10 wedding cakes or 8 people to help them.
Therefore, just like most reception sites, many wedding cake designers only have availability for a single wedding cake or between 1-3 wedding cakes per weekend.
If the best bakers according to your price range only create one magical wedding cake per weekend, you could wind up ordering your wedding cake from your 3rd or 4th choice if you choose to follow the 3-6 month rule.
My suggestion: Do some early wedding cake shopping and reserve your #1 baker as soon as possible.

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